[twsocket] tcp hole punching

2012-03-03 Thread Walter Bohlin
Francois, That was a great article on hole punching. Thanks for sharing it with us! Walter -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be

Re: [twsocket] tcp hole punching

2012-03-03 Thread Paul
Hi Francois, http://www.brynosaurus.com/pub/net/p2pnat/ That's far more difficult than I thought it woild be I should start testing with tcp first ... Paul -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twsocke

Re: [twsocket] tcp hole punching

2012-03-03 Thread François Piette
> Do you know how TCP hole punching works ? http://www.brynosaurus.com/pub/net/p2pnat/ -- francois.pie...@overbyte.be The author of the freeware multi-tier middleware MidWare The author of the freeware Internet Component Suite (ICS) http://www.overbyte.be -- To unsubscribe or change your sett

Re: [twsocket] tcp hole punching

2012-03-03 Thread Paul
Are you asking if it works ? The answer is yes. Are you asking it is always available ? The answer is no. It is disabled on firewalls or routers where security is really controlled. Most home user have it turn on because they don't even know what it is. Do you know how TCP hole punching work

Re: [twsocket] tcp hole punching

2012-03-03 Thread François Piette
>> Probably Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)is what you are looking for. >How reliable is that ? What do you mean ? Are you asking if it works ? The answer is yes. Are you asking it is always available ? The answer is no. It is disabled on firewalls or routers where security is really controlled.

Re: [twsocket] tcp hole punching

2012-03-03 Thread Paul
HI Francois Probably Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)is what you are looking for. How reliable is that ? Btw: Skype is using an intermediate server to locate users. Looks normal to exchange connection data Paul -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please go

Re: [twsocket] tcp hole punching

2012-03-02 Thread François Piette
>> >Now I need to establisch a P2P connection that can pass firewalls. >>>Does anyone knows how it should be done ? >> Could you more explicit about the situation ? > I thougth that the whole idea of hole punching is a way to let NAT and firewalls thinck > that there is no server that a gateway

Re: [twsocket] tcp hole punching

2012-03-02 Thread Paul
Skype does Paul - Original Message - From: "François Piette" To: "'ICS support mailing'" Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 8:39 PM Subject: Re: [twsocket] tcp hole punching >Now I need to establisch a P2P connection that can pass firewalls. Does a

Re: [twsocket] tcp hole punching

2012-03-02 Thread François Piette
>Now I need to establisch a P2P connection that can pass firewalls. >Does anyone knows how it should be done ? Could you more explicit about the situation ? Where is the server, where is the client(s), where is the firewall ? Is each client also a server or do they work thru an intermediate server

[twsocket] tcp hole punching

2012-03-02 Thread Paul
Hi all, It's been a while since last time due tue another (electronics) job. Now I need to establisch a P2P connection that can pass firewalls. Does anyone knows how it should be done ? I probably need a gateway to extinguish connection data, but I don't have a clue how it should be done. Any